Joel Longbottom

17 Dec Joel Longbottom

“For my placement year I was lucky enough to secure a place at Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines Ltd (HPE) in Brixworth Northampton as Mercedes’ Formula 1 engines involve HPE supplies engines to McLaren, Mercedes GP and Force India. During my time with the company I worked within the testing team as a Test Engineering Intern. The test engineering team get involved in all aspects of testing for the company and specify new testing methods as the need arises.”

Why I loved it:

“Being around so many engineers and technicians benefitted me a great deal in many ways, not only developing my technical engineering ability but also my communication and interpersonal skills.”

My best experiences:

“The designing of a rig for testing KERS batteries was very rewarding as nothing had previously existed for the purpose.”

What I learned:

“I helped to develop various other test rigs and equipment, as well as getting involved in day to testing activities.”

About Us

The Placement and Careers Centre (PCC) is part of the School of Professional Development and comprises of Job Shop, Placement and Careers. Our aim is to improve the employability of all our students and graduates, and we do this by delivering high quality guidance, information, careers education, work placement and recruitment services. Our goal is to support the University in developing confident, talented and versatile graduates.